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CLIDSM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
252 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2014

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...THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 2014...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2014


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         67    258 PM  94    1963  67      0       51       
  MINIMUM         47    641 AM  24    1952  46      1       43       
  AVERAGE         57                        57      0       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          1.24 1922   0.08  -0.07     0.14    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.39                      0.53   0.86     2.55    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.62                      3.58   2.04     4.91    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.99                     30.30   7.69    28.46    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                         9     -1       18       
  MONTH TO DATE   59                        49     10       23       
  SINCE SEP 1    137                       143     -6       47       
  SINCE JUL 1    139                       149    -10       47       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                         6     -5       30       
  SINCE SEP 1    106                       119    -13      251       
  SINCE JAN 1   1075                      1058     17     1352       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    34   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     34           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    60                                                       

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THE DES MOINES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        91      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        26      1952                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  7 2014.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   646 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  8 2014.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   645 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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